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Saturday, October 15, 2011

This is an odd story...okay well not really, but whatever I'm telling it anyway. As the few people who read this have probably realized throughout this blog, my husband is a HUGE Harry Potter freak. Before baby #3, we were able to go to a lot more Harry Potter stuff. Back when Half Blood Prince came out in the theaters, there were tons of parties and gatherings, blah, blah, blah. We are some of the crazy people that dress up. We usually go as Tonks and Lupin. Anyway, so as other HP people know, there are wizard rock shows. We went to a few of them, and at two of them was this band, The MudBloods, who consisted of one guy, Adam Dubberly. We picked up his unmarked albums at one of this shows, and it wasn't wrock music, it was something else. Hubby and I loved it. I think at the last show we saw I was throwing out requests for these songs and asking him the names of the songs. I just found him online again with a new band called Harvey Dowd, but I'm not sure if it's still in existence. I think he's a great lyricist. If you like their music, you can go to their site, Harvey Dowd, and download the entire album for free. I love all the songs on the album. We have a few more songs on that mystery album we bought that are just wonderful too.

Here is one of my favorites in an acoustic version:
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Here is Hubby's favorite. It even made him go read The Great Gatsby:
Books Say and I Say by Harvey Dowd

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

I'm totally doing this to our walkway. It's perfect as it kills 2 birds with one stone...clean out the fridge and add to my super cool Halloween decorations outside. Aren't they adorable? And I have all the supplies in my house...when does that ever happen?

I need to take pictures of our Halloween house and post here. It's like Glitter Halloween meets a little bit of scary.

We have realistic skeletons crawling up the bricks, and a giant glitter spider web complete with blue fuzzy spider killing a Barbie doll (well...technically it's a Scary Spice doll from the thrift store), and another partially webbed doll (Ginger Spice, also of the thrift store) -- all of which is outlined in my front windows decked in orange lights. We have ghosts in a circle holding hands around the big tree - made by me from thrift store white sheets, paper bags and polyfil and dowel rods. Those were in a magazine for Halloween this year, one of those crafty ones. Oh looky! I found a tutorial for them online.

We have glowing eyes in the side windows (we're a corner lot), and I will soon be adding orange lights around them and another spider web. Hmm...what else? Oh! Yes, we have spider webs with giant purple glittery spiders on either side of our garage and each of those light fixtures has a red light. Our porch light is now a black light and we have a ripped up black fabric curtain at the entrance with spider webs here and there and glitter bats hanging down. And when I can get the darn outdoor extension surge protector thingy from the Xmas decorations, I'll be adding some purply lighted bats to the bushes. And my husband's piece de resistance is the scary glowing eyes lurking in the bush at the front door that shakes the entire bush when it senses movement.

I'm working on the new tutorial I was supposed to have a couple weeks ago. I got bogged down with midterms for me and six-week tests and projects for the kids. Seriously, do these people have kids? Is this some kind of torture for parents? I just had to sew some "ear-o-matics" for an invention project. They keep long-eared dogs ears clean when eating. I should totally do a tutorial for those things. They are so easy to make, and I swear I've seen something like them in stores for outrageous prices.

Anyway, I'm back on easy street with my school work, so I should have the tut up by the end of the week. And, I've been diligently staying up at night working on stuff for an etsy store. My goal is to have it ready by November 1st. I have quite a few things, but I want a good stocking before I officially open.

Saturday, October 01, 2011

My mom found a new thrift store earlier this week and I HAD to go check it out, so hubby and I went tonight. It's definitely a new fave. I got a $100 diaper bag for $4 and a practically brand new LL Bean coat for the winter for my toddler for $2. Woohoo!!

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About Me

I'm Stephanie. I am a stay at home momma to 3 wonderful kids, who range in age from 3 to 13. I am married to the love of my life. I'm always looking for more frugal things to incorporate into our family. I love to bake and create new recipes. I have a love for all things crafty. I love to sew and create patterns and tutorials. I'm addicted to doll making. And, I inhale books by the dozens. Someday I want to grow up and be a novelist.